Voice of the people (letter).

Breastfeeding

December 15, 2000|By Mike Puffer.

SAN DIEGO — I read with horror the stories of the 6-year-old boy taken from his mother because she practiced co-sleeping and breastfeeding. As a father and man, I am upset at this point in our society that we see breasts as just sexual organs when in fact their whole reason for being is to feed babies. They can only become sexual when we make them a sexual item.

Breastfeeding is the best for your kids--no ifs, ands or buts. Co-sleeping is practiced and is the standard method of raising kids throughout the world.

How many parents allow their kids to come into bed when they have nightmares? Are they sexually abusing their kids?

I often wonder why we as parents are encouraged to spend every waking minute with our children but come bedtime, we are encouraged to "let them learn to soothe themselves."

When I hear that, it just doesn't seem logical. Why would I not want to comfort them at the scariest part of day, when there is little or no light?